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Free software has some glib naming conventions (feddit.uk)
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[–] dontsayaword@piefed.social 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

and the g in gnu stands for gnu

[–] Klear@quokk.au 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

So if I'm getting it right, gobject is short for gnugnu(...)gnuimptklibobject.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Following the modern C conventions, the text following the series of (gnu) doesn't matter and you can write anything you want there.

[–] degen@midwest.social 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Gnugnugnufuckyou

[–] mech@feddit.org 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Fun fact: The K in GNU stands for Kernel.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

GNU does have a kernel though